Sectional wind-shield.



W. G. 00X.

SBGTIONAL WIND SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. '25, 1910.

982,658. Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

III/III 1 1 I v INVENTOR MZ/a'w/ h /ya lar l By w I HTTORNEYS WILLIAM, GEORGE COX, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

sncr'ronan WiND-SHIELD.

4 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

Application filed January 25, 1910. Serial No. 540,066.

To all, who7n'tt may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Gnoner. Cox,

- a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Albany, 1n the county of Albany and State of New York,'have invented new and useful Improvements in Sectional VVind- Shields, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide certain new and useful improvements in sectional wind shields for automobiles and other vehicles, whereby the upper section of the shield can be readily swung upward into an extended position or downward into a folded position, or into any desired intermediate position, and'to securely lock the section therein in a simple and convenient manner. For the purpose mentioned, use

is made of a friction clamping device consisting essentially of two members, of which one of the members is mounted to turn with one shield section, and the other member is adjustably held on the other shield section and is in peripheral clamping engagement with the first-named member.

-' A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sectional wind shield, provided with a friction clampingdevice; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of thesame; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

The lower and upper sections A and B of thevwind shield are pivotally connected with each other at their side frames A, B by a pivot (J, to allow of swinging the upper section B upward into an extended position, as indicated in thedrawings, or downward into a folded position or into an intermediate position, as desired by the user of the automobile. The pivot G is preferably extended outwardly and threaded to screw centrally into a disk I), held against accidental displacement by a nut E, screwing on the threaded terminal of the pivot C, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3. The disk D is surrounded at its peripheral face by a clamping ring F, provided with an outwardlyextending boss F, passing into a bearing G, secured to or formed on the frame B of the upper folding wind shield section ,B. The boss F is provided with an internal screw thread, in which screws a screw H having a head-H, adapted to abut against the outer end of the bearing G, the head H having a reduced offset H fitting into the outer end of the bearing G, to properly hold the screw H in central position. how when the screw H is slightly unscrewed, then the upper wind shield section B can be readily swung upward and downward or into any intermediate position, and when the desired position has been reached, the operator, by the use of a wrench or other tool, turns the head H" to screw up the screw H and thus draw the boss F outwardly, whereby the clamping ring F is drawn in firm contact with the portion of the peripheral face of the disk D opposite the boss F, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2.

It is understood that the clamping ring F is drawn up against the peripheral face of the disk D with sufiicient force to securely hold the upper shield section B in the desired adjusted position.

The frame A of the lower wind shield section A, is connected in the usual manner with a brace I for holding the wind shield section A securelyin vertical position.

The clamping device, shown and described, is very simple in construction and ornamental in appearance, and the several parts are not liable easily to get out of order.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desireto secure by Letters 'Patent:

1. A sectional wind shield provided with a friction clamping device for holdmg the upper section in extended, folded or partly folded position, said device comprising a disk on the pivot of the sections, a ring of unbroken continuity .and surrounding the disk, said ring having a member in slidin engagement with the movable section, an means engaging the member of the ring for drawing said ring into firm engagement with the peripheral face of the dlsk.

2. A sectional wind shield provided with a friction clamping device for holding the upper shield section in extended, folded or partly folded position, the said dev ce comprising a disk secured on the lower shield section, a clamping ring for peripheral engagement with the said disk and having an internally threaded boss engaging a tubular bearing on the upper shield section, and a screw screwing into the said boss and abutting against the said bearing.

2g seams 3. A sectional Wind shield provided with which extends the said'boss, and a screw a friction clamping device for holding the screwing into the said boss and having its upper shield section in extended, folded or head abutting against the said bearing. partly folded position, the said device com- In testimony whereof I have signed my 5 prising a disk secured on the pivot connectname to this specification in the presence of 15 ing the shield sections with each other, a two subscribin witnesses.

clamping ring surrounding the peripheral l/VLLIAM GEORGE COX face of the said disk and provided'wlth an Witnesses: 1 internally threaded boss, a tubular bearing THEO. G. HOSTER,

10 on the said upper shield section and into PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs. 

